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Noun: gaol jeyl
Usage: Brit (=jail)
- A correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)
- jail, jailhouse, clink, slammer, poky, pokey, prison
Verb: gaol jeyl
Usage: Brit (=jail)
- Lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
- imprison, incarcerate, lag, immure, put behind bars, jail, jug, put away, remand, prison [archaic]
Derived forms: gaoled, gaols, gaoling See also: gaoler [Brit] Type of: confine, correctional institution, detain Encyclopedia: Gaol |